![]() ![]() | Pollock, T. I., Deakin, W. J., Chatar, N., Milla Carmona, P. S., Rovinsky, D. S., Panagiotopoulou, O., Parker, W. M. G., Adams, J. W., Hocking, D. P., Donoghue, P. C. J., Rayfield, E. J., & Evans, A. R. (2025). Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme “saber-tooth” morphology. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.059 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Michaud, M., Tamagnini, D., & Fischer, V. (2024). Evolutionary patterns of cat-like carnivorans unveils drivers of the sabertoothed morphology. Current Biology, 34. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.055 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Boman, R., Fischer, V., Segura, V., Julémont, C., & Tseng, J. (2024). Growing sabers: Mandibular shape and biomechanical performance trajectories during the ontogeny of Smilodon fatalis. Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.25504 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Boman, R., Fallon Gaudichon, V., MacLaren, J. A., & Fischer, V. (2023). ‘Fossils’: A new, fast and open-source protocol to simulate muscle-driven biomechanical loading of bone. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.14051 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Fischer, V., & Tseng, Z. J. (07 December 2022). Many-to-one function of cat-like mandibles highlights a continuum of sabre tooth adaptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 289 (1988). doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1627 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Melchionna, M., Castiglione, S., Girardi, G., Profico, A., Mondanaro, A., Sansalone, G., Chatar, N., Pérez Ramos, A., Fernández-Monescillo, M., Serio, C., Pandolfi, L., Dembitzer, J., Di Febbraro, M., Caliendo, M. M., Di Costanzo, A., Morvillo, L., Esposito, A., & Raia, P. (18 January 2025). Cortical areas associated to higher cognition drove primate brain evolution. Communications Biology, 8 (1). doi:10.1038/s42003-025-07505-1 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Pollock, T. I., Deakin, W. J., Chatar, N., Milla Carmona, P. S., Rovinsky, D. S., Panagiotopoulou, O., Parker, W. M. G., Adams, J. W., Hocking, D. P., Donoghue, P. C. J., Rayfield, E. J., & Evans, A. R. (2025). Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme “saber-tooth” morphology. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.059 ![]() |
Vankelst, M., Fischer, V., Michaud, M., Tseng, Z. J., Tamagnini, D., Pollock, T., Pérez Ramos, A., & Chatar, N. (11 September 2024). Carnassial Chronicles: A jawesome journey through the evolution of carnivorous placentals [Paper presentation]. 8th International Geologica Belgica Meeting, Liège, Belgium. ![]() |
Vankelst, M., Fischer, V., Michaud, M., Tseng, Z. J., Tamagnini, D., Pollock, T. I., Pérez Ramos, A., & Chatar, N. (30 August 2024). What big teeth you have: disparity and convergence in the carnassial tooth shape in carnivoramorphans and ‘creodonts’ [Poster presentation]. 21st EAVP meeting, Svalbard, Norway. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Boisville, M., Chatar, N., & Kohno, N. (13 August 2024). New species of Ontocetus (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the North Atlantic shows similar feeding adaptation independent to the extant walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). PeerJ, 12 (e17666). doi:10.7717/peerj.17666 ![]() |
Palmer, S., Chatar, N., Rule, J., Vankelst, M., & Cooke, S. (26 June 2024). Homodonty evolved after the aquatic transition in Pinnipedia [Paper presentation]. 10th SECAD meeting, Liège, Belgium. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Michaud, M., Tamagnini, D., & Fischer, V. (January 2024). Craniomandibular integration patterns and evolutionary rates in cat-like carnivorans [Poster presentation]. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2024 Annual meeting, Seattle, United States. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Michaud, M., Tamagnini, D., & Fischer, V. (2024). Evolutionary patterns of cat-like carnivorans unveils drivers of the sabertoothed morphology. Current Biology, 34. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.055 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Boman, R., Fischer, V., Segura, V., Julémont, C., & Tseng, J. (2024). Growing sabers: Mandibular shape and biomechanical performance trajectories during the ontogeny of Smilodon fatalis. Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.25504 ![]() |
Boisville, M., Chatar, N., & Kohno, N. (30 October 2023). New specimens of Plio-pleistocene odobenines from the north sea give new insight on the past diversity of the genus ontocetus [Paper presentation]. 83rd annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati, United States. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N. (2023). Disparity, evolution, and convergence among felid and felid-like carnivorans [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/306184 |
Studer, S., Le Verger, K., Solé, F., Chatar, N., Louppe, V., & Fabre, A.-C. (26 August 2023). Are bear-dogs morphologically similar to bears and/or dogs? A preliminary morphological analysis of their cranial system during the Cenozoic [Paper presentation]. 96th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology, Zurich, Switzerland. ![]() |
Boisville, M., Chatar, N., & Kohono, N. (August 2023). Geometric morphometrics sheds new light on the past and present diversity of the genus Odobenus (Carnivora: Pinnipedia) [Paper presentation]. 2nd Asian Palaeontological Congress, Tokyo, Japan. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Fischer, V., Julémont, C., & Tseng, Z. J. (29 July 2023). Mandibular shape and mechanical performance of Smilodon fatalis through ontogeny [Paper presentation]. 13rd International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Cairns, Australia. ![]() |
Pollock, T. I., Deakin, W. J., Parker, W. M., Chatar, N., Panagiotopoulou, O., Rovinsky, D., Adams, J., Hocking, D. P., Donoghue, P., Rayfield, E., & Evans, A. R. (29 July 2023). Assessing the biomechanics of sabre teeth through the trade-off between puncture performance and breakage resistance [Paper presentation]. 13rd International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Cairns, Australia. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Boman, R., Fallon Gaudichon, V., MacLaren, J. A., & Fischer, V. (2023). ‘Fossils’: A new, fast and open-source protocol to simulate muscle-driven biomechanical loading of bone. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.14051 ![]() |
Chatar, N., Michaud, M., Tamagnini, D., & Fischer, V. (2023). The cat odyssey: adaptive landscapes and disparity of cat-like carnivorans through time and space [Poster presentation]. 20th annual meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Sabadell, Spain. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Fischer, V., & Tseng, Z. J. (07 December 2022). Many-to-one function of cat-like mandibles highlights a continuum of sabre tooth adaptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 289 (1988). doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1627 ![]() |
Chatar, N., Fischer, V., & Z. Jack Tseng. (03 November 2022). Multi-gape angle 3D biomechanical modelling of the cat-like mandible reveals nuances of sabertooth functional morphological evolution [Paper presentation]. 82th meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Toronto, Canada. ![]() |
Pollock, T., Panagiotopoulou, O., Chatar, N., Rovinsky, D., Adams, J. W., Hocking, D., & Evans, A. R. (02 November 2022). Taking a stab at modelling the biomechanics of saber-teeth [Poster presentation]. 82nd annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Toronto, Canada. ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Boisville, M., Chatar, N., Lambert, O., & Dewaele, L. (20 September 2022). Sexual dimorphism in the walrus mandible: comparative description and geometric morphometrics. PeerJ, 10, 13940. doi:10.7717/peerj.13940 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Boman, R., Fallon Gaudichon, V., Maclaren, J., Goyens, J., & Fischer, V. (2022). A new, high-speed protocol to run muscle-driven biomechanical simulations trough finite element analyses [Poster presentation]. XIX Annual Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Benevento, Italy. doi:10.18563/pv.eavp2022 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Michaud, M., & Fischer, V. (2022). Not a jaguar after all? Phylogenetic affinities and morphology of the Pleistocene felid Panthera gombaszoegensis. Papers in Palaeontology, 8 (5), 1464. doi:10.1002/spp2.1464 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Michaud, M., & Fischer, V. (18 December 2021). Not a jaguar after all: affinities and morphology of Panthera gombaszoegensis [Poster presentation]. 65th Palaeontological association annual Meeting, Manchester, United Kingdom. |
Chatar, N., & Fischer, V. (15 September 2021). Craniomandibular anatomy of Panthera gombaszoegensis from la Belle-Roche (Liège, Belgium) [Paper presentation]. 7TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICA BELGICA MEETING 2021, Tervuren, Belgium. |
Fallon Gaudichon, V., Boman, R., Chatar, N., Maclaren, J., & Fischer, V. (07 September 2021). Uncovering the biomechanical disparity of Cretaceous marine reptile feeding via finite element analysis [Paper presentation]. 69th Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Oxford, United Kingdom. |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Fischer, V., Siliceo, G., Mauricio, A., Morales, J., & Salesa, M. J. (2021). Morphometric Analysis of the Mandible of Primitive Sabertoothed Felids from the late Miocene of Spain. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. doi:10.1007/s10914-021-09541-0 ![]() |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Fischer, V., Siliceo, G., Antón, M., Morales, J., & Salesa, M. J. (06 October 2020). Morphometric analysis of the mandible of primitive sabre‐toothed felids from the late Miocene of Spain [Paper presentation]. Fossil Coffee, Berkeley, United States. |
![]() ![]() | Chatar, N., Fischer, V., Siliceo, G., Antón, M., Morales, J., & Salesa, M. J. (October 2020). Mandibular disparity of early sabertoothed felids from the Late Miocene of Spain [Poster presentation]. 80th meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. |